Category: Education and Conflict - Page 2 - The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET)

When education defies the odds: Higher education in Myanmar amid the ongoing political unrest

by Lin Wai Phyo | Feb 4, 2026 | 2025 UKFIET Conference, Education and Conflict, Higher Education and Skills

Following the 2021 coup d’état, Myanmar’s higher education has been mired in political unrest. Public universities eventually resumed their operations, yet the attendance is relatively low, with students and academics living under the thumb of stringent control and surveillance. Read More

When education must heal: Curriculum, trauma and agency in conflict-affected schools

by Lopa Shah | Jan 27, 2026 | Education and Conflict

This blog was written by Lopa Shah, founding director of ELICIT, a social organisation driven to design alternatives for education in conflict and crisis affected regions,...

What does ethical solidarity look like for academic professional bodies in times of unfolding genocide?

by Laila Kadiwal, Mario Novelli, Pauline Rose, Jee Rubin, Yusuf Sayed, Maha Shuayb and Arathi Sriprakash | Jan 18, 2024 | Education and Conflict

As academics, we see it as our responsibility to educate and advocate for justice. Read More

The Role of Community Partnerships in Reconstruction and Recovery in Somalia: Boosting education outcomes

by Mohamed Diyat | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Conflict

Following decades of conflict and recurrent climate crises, Somalia’s Gross Enrolment Rate remains among the lowest globally at 31% (28% for girls) (EMIS Annual Statistical Yearbook 2022). Public service provision remains limited, with 44% of the students attending public or publicly-supported schools (ibid). Read More

Informal education and conflict trauma: Reducing adolescent risk and building resilience

by Alexander Fischer, Fiona McEwen and Shanna Todd | Oct 10, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Conflict

The UK Aid-funded Cross-border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme seeks to better understand conflict-affected borderlands, how conflicts connect across borders, and the factors that shape violent and peaceful behaviour, to inform effective policy and programme responses. Read More

Creating empathic leaders in post-conflict Iraq

by Joel David Bond | Jan 20, 2022 | Education and Conflict

According to the UNHCR, a full 1% of the world’s population has been displaced as refugees and asylum seekers. That equates to roughly 78 million people who have fled their homes due to conflict, and the global refugee crisis is only growing. Read More

Teachers in Conflict Can Support Students’ Mental Health — If We Invest in Theirs

by Lindsay Brown | Sep 27, 2021 | Education and Conflict, Teachers

This blog was written by Dr Lindsay Brown, NYU-Global TIES for Children in the Steinhardt Institute of Human Development and Social Change. Lindsay primarily investigates how to...

Can tutoring informed by social-emotional principles improve learning outcomes? A look across multiple conflict-affected contexts

by Alexander Tucciarone and Douha Boulares | Jul 29, 2021 | Education and Conflict, Learning

This blog was written by Alexander Tucciarone, Education Content Advisor at International Rescue Committee, and Douha Boulares, Budget & Communication Associate at NYU Global...

COVID-19 and conflict: challenges and hopes for an alternative future in higher education in Syria

by Basma Hajir and Hiba Salem | May 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Education and Conflict

This blog was written by Basma Hajir, a PhD Candidate in Education for Peacebuilding at the University of Cambridge, and Hiba Salem, a Research Associate at the REAL Centre, the...

Stopping the War on Children

by UKFIET | May 20, 2019 | Education and Conflict

This blog was written by Kevin Watkins, Chief Executive of Save the Children UK, as the organisation celebrates its 100 years and launches the Stop the War on Children campaign....

Who teaches refugees?

by Ruth Naylor and Lina Aghajanian | Jun 19, 2018 | Education and Conflict

This blog was written by Dr Ruth Naylor, Senior International Adviser, and Lina Aghajanian, Project Manager, from Education Development Trust. It was originally published on the...

Education Under Attack 2018

by UKFIET | Jun 13, 2018 | Education and Conflict

A global study of attacks on schools, universities, their students and staff In countries across the globe from Afghanistan to Colombia to India to Mali to Turkey to Yemen, to...